Arabic
is the 5th most common language in the world. Classical Arabic is the language
of the Quran, which is the sacred book of Muslims around the world.

Arabic
belongs to the Semitic language family which includes Aramaic and Hebrew.
Arabic is the official language for the Middle East countries as well as the North
of Africa and Horn of Africa. The modern written language (Modern Standard
Arabic) is derived from the language of the Quran (known as Classical Arabic or
Quranic Arabic). It is widely taught in schools and universities, and is used
to varying degrees in workplaces, government, and the media. Arabic is written
with the Arabic alphabet, which is an abjad script and is written from
right-to-left.

Arabic has influenced many languages around the
globe throughout its history. Some of the most influenced languages are
Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Kurdish, Bosnian, Kazakh, Bengali, Hindi, Malay,
Maldivian, Indonesian,Pashto, Punjabi, Tagalog, Sindhi and Hausa and some
languages in parts of Africa. During the Middle Ages, Literary Arabic was a
major vehicle of culture in Europe, especially in science, mathematics and
philosophy. As a result, many European languages have also borrowed many words
from it. Many words of Arabic origin are also found in ancient languages like
Latin and Greek.​